Great Depression/New Deal

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crash
• Credit
• Advertisment
• Prohibition

Did the New Deal bring the United States out of The Great Depression?

• Yes
• No

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?

• FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal
• Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails
• Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption

Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
• People purchased stock
• People threw their money away

Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

Which of the following would MOST contribute to people living beyond their means?

• Credit
• Rich People
• Goverment
• The Stock Market

The Great Depression began in

• 1925
• 1929
• 1932
• 1940

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What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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